“But even more important,” he said, “is the way complex systems seem to strike a balance between the need for order and the imperative to change. Complex systems tend to locate themselves at a place we call ‘the edge of … Continue reading →

The sword in the scabbard is a price beyond compare. Jerome, the first Wayfarer. Agile Architecture is an interesting subject from a people point of view, especially when funny movies are circulated about a house-building team embracing “Agile”. The movie … Continue reading →

If they were handing out Lamborghini’s for free, let’s say the Aventador, would you take one? I know that for myself, this would be a bit of a poser. I’ve seen enough lotteries where you could win dreamcars, but in … Continue reading →

If nothing what you do wil do, then what do you do? Hisamatsu Shin’ichi (1889-1980) So I’ve started by telling you that the Way of the Microservice has to do with quality, that this aspect is more important than the … Continue reading →

A while back I wrote about XML (The Problem with XML), arguing that it is essentially great for computers, but definitely less so for humans. Since then, XML’s popularity in the enterprise world hasn’t really diminished that much, although we … Continue reading →

‘scuse me for the late well-wishing, but there you go! 🙂 I’ve been busy with helping my eldest move to her first student-apartment-room-thingy. Next I started redecorating her ‘old’ room for use by the undersigned. Takes a bit longer than … Continue reading →

If a microservice in the cloud stops responding, and no logs were generated, did it fail at all? Suppose I have two applications, one a “classical” monolith, called so even though it was built using a multi-tiered architecture, the other … Continue reading →